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US backs Brit proposal that relations among occupying powers be normalized, restoring freedom of movement in all parts of city for mil commandants and their pol advisers
Sen passes tax relief bill; Pres Kennedy expected to sign it; provisions outlined; Gore motion for recommittal and Douglas motion to treat distribution to corps as capital gain defeated; roll-call on Gore motion
Amer and Eastern dirs approve merger to form Amer Airlines Inc; new co would be world's largest with 35,453 mi of routes
King Hassan II announces creation of Moroccan-Algerian Provisional Govt comm at ministerial level to set up structure for United Arab Maghreb that would be open to all N African nations; charter to be drafted; details; map
1962André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (born 1885)[†]
André Lhote was a French Cubist painter of figure subjects, portraits, landscapes, and still life. He was also active and influential as a teacher and writer on art.
1962Stanley Lord, English naval captain (born 1877)[†]
Stanley Phillip Lord was the British captain of the SS Californian on the night the RMS Titanic sank on 15 April 1912. The ship, which was primarily a freighter that could carry a small number of passengers, has been named in sources as the unidentified ship that failed to come to the aid of the foundering Titanic. On the eve of the sinking, Captain Lord had stopped the Californian for night when it had entered an ice field 5 mi (8.0 km) to 20 mi (32 km) away from the White Star liner's final position. Over the next few hours, crew members on Lord's ship reported seeing white rockets on the horizon, something Lord ascribed to company signals. The sinking of the Titanic resulted in the deaths of more than 1,500 people.
1962Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (born 1901)[†]
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar was a Turkish poet, novelist, literary scholar and essayist, widely regarded as one of the most important representatives of modernism in Turkish literature. In addition to his literary and academic career, Tanpınar was also a member of the Turkish Parliament between 1944 and 1946.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]